1966-SMS Jeff Nickel-Deep Cameo- Resubmitting With New Photo

Thanks Groganking. You were a huge help. I saw one like it in the Heritage Auction archives that was an MS68CA and sold for $3737. I have been comparing it to mine trying to figure out what made the one on Heritage so valuable...and I think you just opened my eyes to it. To my eye, it doesn't look to be in quite as good condition as mine, but the reverse (and obverse) strike appears to be considerably stronger. I might never have noticed that without your help. Thanks so much!

Here is that comparison. I changed that background on the Heritage specimen to match mine just to make as many factors alike as possible.

Thanks Indian1, I am pretty sure it is at least "cameo". The field looks like a liquid mirror in person, and despite the fact that I would love it to be a DC, I would be quite happy with CA. Thanks so much for your time and input.

Maybe I am learning something else here too. You referred to it being "proof or cameo". Can an SMS be graded as a proof? Somehow I was under the impression that all UNC SMS coins were graded as MS? Not the case?

Can anyone clear me up on this?